1630s, "indicating beginning or inception;" see inchoate + -ive. Especially in grammar, of verbs, "denoting the beginning of action, inceptive," 1660s.
inchoative stages
incest
incestuous
inch
inchmeal
inchoate
inchoative
inchworm
incidence
incident
incidental
incidentally
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